Workshops on
Technology & Concepts
Workshops on Technology & Concepts
Is Technology Bad?
What assumptions do we make about technology? Certainly, like all tools available to humankind, technology can lead us to destructive ends. But, do we give technology a bad rap? Our workshops on technology broaden these discussions that help us see technology in a new light.
I Already Know What Technology Is, Don’t I?
So, what makes what human beings create different from the artifacts that animals in the natural world make? It could be that we are not so different. Animals use materials extracted from other objects or animals and create structures and tools, such as a bird nest for housing. Humans use materials in the same way, to solve a need, for example, the telephone. It could very well be true that some needs humans created have harmful consequences and intentions, but at least we can increase our understanding of the debate between what is natural and what is technological.
Past Workshops
Nature Vs. Technology
Is there a clear distinction between technological objects and living organisms?
This workshop looked at the case of Xenobots, living robots, to follow some new thinking about how technology and nature may show few distinctions.
Is Technology a Human Being’s Natural Product?
Anthropocentrism may contribute to human’s tendency to distinguish human-made artifacts from artifacts produced by animals. Maybe humans and animals equally produce technical objects
Are Ideas an Extension of Technology?
Ideas are tools that serve a human’s need to solve a problem. In the same way that technology is a tool, so are our ideas.
Are Video Games Literature?
Some people worry that reading books offers a more intellectually rigorous experience than video games provide. This workshop discussed ergodic literature, how some theorists posit that video games fall under the category of literature.
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